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Aim to ‘Treat That First Flush’

As part of an effort to remediate the harmful algae that have regularly bloomed in Three Mile Harbor since the 1980s, the chairman of the town’s water quality technical advisory committee recommended on Tuesday that the town board pursue several mitigation measures.

Jun 21, 2018
Union Endorses Lee Zeldin

America New York and New Jersey State Conference, as well as TWU AFL-CIO Local 252, has endorsed Representative Lee Zeldin’s re-election effort. The groups represent almost 140,000 members in the airline, railroad, transit, university, utilities, services, and gaming sectors.

Jun 14, 2018
Loida Lewis hosted Perry Gershon, a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination to represent New York's First Congressional District, at her East Hampton residence. Pictured from left are David Mazujian, E.T. Williams, Ms. Lewis, Mr. Gershon, Alice Tepper Marlin, and Bill Pickens. Gershon: ‘Hope, Optimism’

Perry Gershon, a Democratic candidate hoping to challenge First District Representative Lee Zeldin in the midterm election, told supporters on Saturday that his campaign’s polling indicates he and Kate Browning are neck and neck for the Democratic nomination.

Jun 14, 2018
For Seeding the Waterways

The East Hampton Town Trustees were asked to allow two programs to proceed in waters under­ their jurisdiction, both intended to restore those waters’ health and the marine life within them.

Jun 14, 2018
Fishing Industry Unites

A group calling itself the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance has formed with a mission to coordinate the fishing industry’s effort to ensure that the nascent offshore wind industry does not hinder its work.

Jun 7, 2018
Government Briefs 06.07.18

Southampton Town received a AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor’s on May 30. The rating, the agency’s highest, was assigned to the town’s 2018 municipal bonds, which will be used to finance infrastructure projects as well as improvements to parks and beaches, public safety, and technology.

Jun 7, 2018
South Fork Wind Farm Debate Continues

The trustees are debating whether to grant a lease to Deepwater Wind to bury the cable under the beach, from which it would be routed underground to a Long Island Power Authority substation in East Hampton.

Jun 7, 2018
Mosquito Spraying Starts

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ division of vector control planned to apply larvicide to multiple salt marshes in the Towns of East Hampton and Southampton yesterday and today. The action is to control mosquitoes through the application of methoprene and Bti by helicopters flying at low altitude.

Jun 7, 2018
Shellfish Hatchery Is Leaking

The East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery building, on Fort Pond Bay in Montauk, is in need of repair and renovation.

Jun 7, 2018
DiMasi Meet-and-Greet

Elaine DiMasi, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination to represent the First Congressional District, will meet voters on Monday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Dow showroom at 14 Gingerbread Lane in East Hampton.

May 31, 2018
Democrats to Choose Town Board Candidate

The East Hampton Town Democratic Committee will convene tomorrow night to select a candidate to run for a seat on the town board this November. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

May 31, 2018
Government Briefs 05.24.18

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle have introduced legislation that would prohibit state agencies from approving permits for sand mining in cases in which the sand mine is located together with facilities where waste is processed, stored, sold, or transferred.

May 24, 2018
At Lazy Point in Amagansett, residents own their houses but not the land they sit on. Swapping annual leasues for longer ones could give them a greater sense of security. At Lazy Point, Longer Land Leases May Be Coming

The East Hampton Town Trustees, who derive approximately half their annual revenue from leasing land at Lazy Point, and a transfer fee on the sale of houses there, discussed the possibility of extending leases from the present one-year term to as many as 30 years, or perhaps more.

May 17, 2018
One-Stop Energy Efficiency

As part of the Town of East Hampton’s goal to derive 100 percent of its electricity needs from renewable, clean sources, Energize East Hampton, a solar and energy savings program, will be launched on Saturday with an informational booth at the East Hampton Village street fair. The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Newtown Lane.

May 10, 2018
The wind turbines off of Block Island Deepwater Hearing Ahead

At issue is whether to grant Deepwater Wind an easement that would allow the company to land the wind farm’s transmission cable at the end of Beach Lane in Wainscott. Deepwater Wind has offered a community benefits package in exchange for the easement.

May 3, 2018
Government Briefs 05.03.18

Members of the Montaukett Indian Nation traveled to the state capital on April 24 for an advocacy day called “We Are Still Here!”

May 3, 2018
Dems’ Feud Heads to Court

Rona Klopman, a candidate for chairwoman of the East Hampton Democratic Committee, has filed a legal action against the committee to determine its “true current membership,” which she has charged has been manipulated by Jeanne Frankl, its present chairwoman.

Apr 26, 2018
Dune House Is Debated

Jeffrey Locker’s dream house is almost finished. It is on what the Town of East Hampton describes as pristine dunes on Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett, abutting Napeague State Park on one side, with Gardiner’s Bay a stone’s throw away. Now, his brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Stacy Locker, want to follow suit.

Apr 26, 2018
Government Briefs 04.19.18

The Town of East Hampton has announced the upcoming launch of its Energize East Hampton solar and energy savings program. The initiative will launch with an informational booth at the East Hampton Village street fair, happening on May 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Newtown Lane.

Apr 20, 2018
Henry Drops Out of Running

Last Thursday’s deadline to file petitions to be on the ballot in the June 26 Democratic primary election for New York’s First Congressional District has claimed one victim.

Apr 19, 2018
On Housing Authority Apartments in Amagansett

The creation of 37 apartments in six buildings on what is now a 4.6-acre field on Montauk Highway in Amagansett has been scheduled for a public hearing at 7 p.m. on May 2 before the East Hampton Town Planning Board. The plans can be inspected at the planning board office at 300 Pantigo Place.

Apr 19, 2018
Help for Immigrants’ Stress

Instituted last year by Organizacion Latino-Americana and the Children’s Museum of the East End, the Circles of Strength (Circulos de Fuerza) workshop will return to the museum on Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m.

Apr 19, 2018
New Help for Disabled Vets

President Trump has signed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Representative Lee Zeldin that expands severely disabled veterans’ access to health day care.

Apr 4, 2018
Several residents urged the East Hampton Town Board to purchase land atop the Stony Hill aquifer to preserve the town’s water supply. Plea for Stony Hill Aquifer

In light of the fall 2017 detection of chemical contamination of more than 100 wells in Wainscott and the recent discovery of concentrations of lead and chemicals in the surface water and aquifer around the Sand Land mine on the Bridgehampton-Noyac border.

Mar 29, 2018
Government Briefs 03.29.18

The East Hampton Town Board plans to issue a request for proposals for a 30-bed seasonal housing structure to be situated on town-owned property at Montauk Harbor.

Mar 29, 2018
Deepwater Wind Liaison Named

As Deepwater Wind begins a two-year process of applying for permits to construct and operate a 15-turbine wind farm approximately 36 miles off Montauk, the Town of East Hampton’s fisheries advisory committee has chosen Julie Evans, the captain of a charter boat based in Montauk, as its liaison to the Rhode Island company.

Mar 8, 2018
On the downtown Montauk beach, a northeaster with exceptionally high tides gouged away sand, exposing the sandbag seawall placed there two years ago by the Army Corps of Engineers. Montauk Took a Beating in Storm

Downtown Montauk’s ocean beach and bay beaches in the Town of East Hampton took a beating in the northeaster that hit the South Fork on Friday and Saturday, Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said at the town board’s work session on Tuesday, though the town was spared the greater damage and higher winds experienced to the north.

Mar 8, 2018
This ravaged section of Route 114 north of Stephen Hand’s Path in East Hampton is one of eight portions of the roadway that will be resurfaced this year. Help Ahead for Worst of Route 114

Responding to pleas from state and local officials, the New York State Department of Transportation has agreed to repave eight of the worst sections of Route 114 between Stephen Hand’s Path in East Hampton and Sag Harbor by the end of this summer. 

Mar 8, 2018
Sand from annual dredging at Georgica Pond is sold and used elsewhere to fight erosion. Feds Okay Georgica Dredging

The East Hampton Town Trustees have received a 10-year dredging permit for Georgica Pond from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Mar 1, 2018
Amos Goodman has taken over as the chairman of the East Hampton Repubican Committee. Amos Goodman to Lead G.O.P.

With a pledge to revitalize his party and end single-party rule, Amos Goodman was elected chairman of the East Hampton Town Republican Committee on Feb. 7.

Feb 15, 2018